The ability to maintain continuous access to digital documents and artifacts is one
of the most significant problems facing the archival, manuscript repository, and record
management communities in the twenty-first century. This problem with access is
particularly troublesome in the case of complex digital installments, which resist simple
migration and emulation strategies. The Legacy Project, which was produced by the
William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum in Atlanta, was created in the early 2000s as a
means of telling the stories of Holocaust survivors who settled in metropolitan Atlanta.
Legacy was an interactive multimedia kiosk that enabled museum visitors to read
accounts, watch digital video, and examine photographs about these survivors. However,
several years after Legacy was completed, it became inoperable, due to technological
obsolescence. By using Legacy as a case study, I examine how institutions can preserve
access to complex digital artifacts and how they can rescue digital information that is in
danger of being lost.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:GATECH/oai:smartech.gatech.edu:1853/28239 |
| Date | 08 April 2009 |
| Creators | Mickens, Leah M. |
| Publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Source Sets | Georgia Tech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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